Indigenous rights
A firelight stick on the hill
As momentum builds to this year’s referendum, the man long regarded as the ‘Father of Reconciliation’ reflects on a life fighting for a better Australia
July 2023
July 2023 eBook
The voice and our inauthentic heart
Racism, the Murdoch media and what success or defeat for the voice to parliament means for the stories we tell
Are the teals, representing some of the nation’s wealthiest electorates, our best hope for addressing inequality?
Exposing criminality at work is a moral act, but with whistleblower laws failing to protect those who speak up, lawyers are seeking novel solutions
The high cost of Lowe inflation
The RBA refuses to hear that interest rates won’t control inflation, and people are suffering as a result
The events surrounding Senator David Van’s expulsion to the crossbench show the Liberal Party still has a problem with attitudes towards women
Pining for an authentic Indian street-corner chai leads the author to a gastronomic carpark in Geelong
The female unique: ‘Art Monsters’ and ‘The Other Side’
New books on women’s art from Lauren Elkin and Jennifer Higgie explore the expression of monstrosity and the marginalisation of spiritual experience
Emotional virtue: ‘Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi’ and ‘Rembrandt: True to Life’
Concurrent exhibitions at the NGV survey the intense realism of Rembrandt and the emotional power of colour harnessed by Pierre Bonnard
Gilded feet have got no rhythm: ‘Carmen’
Paul Mescal and Melissa Barrera’s lack of chemistry exemplifies Benjamin Millepied’s unrestrained Mexico–US border rework of the classic story
Is the story of George Orwell’s mean and selfish treatment of his wife complete without the literary achievements his behaviour permitted?
Sarah Percy’s ‘Forgotten Warriors’
A history of women’s overlooked contributions to wartime combat and the disempowerment delivered under the guise of chivalry
‘You don’t have to like people, only love them’
An observation from Father Bob Maguire – and an antisemitic man in need of charity – taught the author a valuable life lesson
